Welcome to the October 2023 release of Magma. From this month onward, we’re transitioning to a monthly release schedule, ensuring you’re always in the loop with the latest brushes and features we paint into the app. Here’s what’s fresh off the easel:

• Text Tool: Introducing the highly anticipated text tool for all your typography needs. Now, you can seamlessly integrate text into your artwork.

• Version History: Keep track of your artwork’s evolution. This feature allows you to revert to previous versions of your drawing.

• Community Hub: Stay updated with the latest news, features, and articles from the Magma team, and introduce engaging content in your own Artspaces

• Bug fixes and other minor improvements

Text Tool

Magma’s text tool is a versatile feature that allows users to seamlessly add text to their canvas. Whether it’s for dialogue in comics, scene signposts, or team feedback, this tool offers intuitive controls for textual integration.

Features:

• Quick Add: Tap to place a default text box or click and drag for custom sizing. Deselecting is as easy as hitting the ESC key or clicking outside the box

• Mobility: Resizing and relocating your text box is straightforward, either with anchor points or by utilizing the move tool

• Text Input: Direct typing is supported, as well as copy-pasting from other sources. (Note: Unsupported fonts will default to Montserrat)

• Editing: Owners of text layers can easily make edits by selecting the desired text box and making changes

• Text Settings: Extensive customization options exist, from font family, size, and style to more intricate settings like line height, letter spacing, and text alignment. Advanced options further enhance user control with features like text scaling, casing adjustments, and even rasterization for turning text into image format

You can learn more in the video below and our Text Tool user manual.